DJ Console MK4 - Reviews - Music Tech Magazine

They say good things come in small packages – will this tiny DJ controller prove it? Liam O’Mullane labours over the faders...

Price: £180.00
Manufacturer: Hercules
Website: http://www.hercules.com

The Guillemot Corporation manufactures video, Wi-Fi and audio products, while under the Hercules brand it has a good history of DJ solutions at entry level and above. As its Hercules DJ Console reaches its fourth incarnation, we take a look at what you get for the relatively low asking price.

Score: 8

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 92
Filed under Home, DJ Equipment, Reviews

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Chris Bauer - 18 August 2011, 12:46 PM

Your review states: "Internally this is impressive in use,
but the external phono inputs aren’t
great in terms of quality and lack a gain
control, which was an issue for us as
we found that our hot-output Shure
needles caused a touch of distortion."
The MK4 product manual states: "Your DJ Console Mk4 features 2 stereo audio inputs on its back panel (2 pairs of 2 mono RCA connectors). Define your audio source type in the DJ Console Mk4 control panel – it can be phono level, consumer line level (-10dBv), pro line level (+4dBu) or boosted line level (+8dBu) – and simply connect the audio source of your choice to the white (left) and red (right) RCA connectors: Input 1-2 for Deck A, and Input 3-4 for Deck B. // "Be sure to define your audio source type (i.e. the correct output level for the device you are connecting) in the control panel before connecting your audio source, and not after the audio source has been connected. Doing so will avoid any possible audio issues in terms of distorted sound." // "You can even equalize your external audio sources and adjust their volume, just as you can with a computer audio track (you can use the Gain knobs in the VirtualDJ software to adjust the volume for each deck). This provides for seamless mixing and full control over the sound of your mix" so there is a software gain control for the inputs- unless one of you is lying...

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